Learn Chinese-当不当房奴？

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随着近两年中国几大城市房价的一路飙升，
suí zhe jìn liǎng nián zhōng guó jǐ dà chéng shì fáng jià de yí lù biāo shēng ，

很多贷款买房的人，
 hěn duō dài kuǎn mǎi fáng de rén ，

由于每月还款的压力，
 yóu yú měi yuè hái kuǎn de yā lì ，

生活质量直线下降，
 shēng huó zhì liàng zhí xiàn xià jiàng ，

从而成为房子的奴隶。
 cóng ér chéng wéi fáng zǐ de nú lì 。

国家不断出台新的措施控制房价上涨趋势，
guó jiā bú duàn chū tái xīn de cuò shī kòng zhì fáng jià shàng zhǎng qū shì ，

但是房价不降反升。
dàn shì fáng jià bú jiàng fǎn shēng 。

当不当房奴也成为困扰当前中等收入者的问题。
  dāng bu dāng fáng nú yě chéng wéi
kùn rǎo dāng qián zhōng děng shōu rù zhě de wèn tí 。

一方是抵制高房价，坚决不买房。
 yì fāng shì dǐ zhì gāo fáng jià ， jiān jué bù mǎi fáng 。

另一方买房的热情却仍旧高涨，
 lìng yì fāng mǎi fáng de rè qíng què réng jiù gāo zhǎng ，

并且振振有词：
 bìng qiě zhèn zhèn yǒu cí ：

“你攒钱的速度怎么能赶上房价上涨的速度呢？”
“ nǐ zǎn qián de sù dù zěn me néng gǎn shàng
fáng jià shàng zhǎng de sù dù ne ？ ” 

 The story was published in August,  2006 at LINESE.com, edited by Caren
It is recorded on April 2, 2007.

English Translation:
Following the skyrocketing housing prices of some bigger cities in China, the word “fang nu”, meaning the slaves of houses, was coined and spread quickly around the country. Many people who have bought houses using bank loans have become entrapped in a lower standard of living than they planned, due to the burden imposed on them by their mortgages.

The central government has carried out several moves aimed at reigning in rising housing prices. However, so far they haven’t worked. The middle classes are bothered by the problem of whether or not to become a fang nu. One side deals with the problem of expensive housing prices by holding onto their money, avoiding real estate purchases altogether. The others are still active in the real estate market, asking “Do you think that the rate you save money at can exceed the rate of increase in housing prices?”